12 Figure calculated by multiplying the difference between the average rate of £15.50 and the UKHCA's recommended living wage figure of £18.59 (£3.09) by the number of commissioned hours (171,198,715). The figure is £529,004,029.35

13 Department of Health Corporate Plan, 2013 to 2014

14 The Future Care Workforce, International Longevity Centre, February 2014

15 The Future Care Workforce, International Longevity Centre, February 2014 It should be noted that care providers who submitted evidence to the Commission did not recognise the £15.50 figure and stated that the majority of care contracts they saw tendered fell below the £13 per hour mark

16 A Minimum Price for Homecare, UK Home Care Association, Version 2.1, November 2014